The passage of geese leaves traces, and the passage of water leaves traces on the ground. Any behavior in the market will have his traces. Xiao Letian's excessive issuance of banknotes will be reflected in the market without fluctuations.
Take the Jiangnan area as an example. Prices have more than tripled compared to three years ago. Although people's income has been greatly improved through the development of industry and commerce, the rise in prices has also caused a lot of complaints. .
Fortunately, food prices have not increased at all in the past three years, which makes the people very satisfied, and they have even shouted the word "peace and prosperity" in their mouths.
It is a pity that the poor proletariat will always benefit from stable food prices. Anyone with a little bit of assets will be keenly aware that prices are soaring.
Why did Biluochun, the scholar's favorite drink, change from five copper coins to ten?
A few scholars hired a small boat to go boating on the West Lake for a day, but they actually paid three silver dollars. Isn't this a money grab?
And those students who went to the city to prepare for the exam suddenly found that the price of renting a house this year was far higher than in previous years, and the price of a bite of Dongpo meat had doubled!
The middle class in society has begun to complain, and the landowners and small capitalists who have more money are also complaining.
As a large amount of food from Nanyang flows into the country, the profession of landlord is becoming less and less attractive. There are bumper harvests every year but no money is made every year. Everyone is so angry that they want to open a factory!
Those businessmen who have invested in industrialization are the ones who can feel the changes in water temperature the most. From the purchase price of raw materials to the sale of goods, as well as labor costs, equipment maintenance... there are already signs of inflation in many aspects. .
But no one dares to say it, because of the powerful group that issues Nanping tickets, the Chinese! He is not only creating inflation with one hand, but also carrying out industrial upgrading and market expansion with the other hand!
What’s even more terrifying is that the Chinese also have guns, lots and lots of guns!
You can't afford to offend, and you still have to rely on the Chinese to make money. In addition, the Chinese have become the forerunners of the nationalist trend in Asia. There are countless fans of the head of state!
No one dares to attack the Chinese or the head of state. These smart businessmen can only use their own methods to resist the pressure of the capital market.
This is the fundamental reason for the formation of the underground black market!
It is no longer a secret in the East Asian black market that banknotes can be exchanged for silver at high prices. At the highest point, a dragon-patterned silver dollar could be exchanged for 1.8 yuan south notes, which means that the black market automatically deems banknotes devalued by 80%.
Such terrifying figures and such a high exchange ratio attracted silver from the northwest and even southwest regions of the Qing Dynasty to flow to the coast. They were exchanged for banknotes through the black market and then purchased industrial products along the coast and sold back.
The black market has become an industrial chain. If it were not for the fear of the harsh laws of the Chinese, this industrial chain could continue to expand!
The Jiangnan region is the lifeblood of the Chinese economy. Liu Hengzhen and Hu Xueyan work together to stabilize the currency market. The Jiangnan Stock Exchange has long since opened in Shanghai. After the market closed today, the two gods of wealth brought together more than 400 Jiangnan wealthy people.
"I know your worries! I also know what you are doing in private!" Liu Hengzhen is no longer the same as he used to be. He is high-spirited and full of domineering aura, and his aura surpasses that of Jiangnan Merchant!
"Are you afraid of a small battle with the Spaniards? The land of wealth in the south of the Yangtze River breeds short-sighted people like you?"
"I reiterate for the last time, Nanpiao's credibility will not fail! There is no problem with the money of the Chinese people! The head of state will never fail!"
"Everyone raise their heads! Look into my eyes! You've said a thousand and ten thousand good things, do you really think I'm a Clay Bodhisattva?"
"How was Nanpiao's monetary credit established? Even the kids studying business in college understand it, but you don't understand?"
"The first is the silver standard. Nanqiao can be exchanged for silver. This is fundamental! The second is taxation. The government prefers Nanqiao as the tax currency. This is the second insurance!"
"What is the third one? The third one is that the Chinese continue to replenish China's food and various supplies!"
"Do you really think that the head of state is a white wolf? Every year, so much food is transported from Nanyang to Gyeonggi, Jiangnan and even inland, which directly stabilizes the price of goods. This is the fundamental reason why Nanpiao is valuable!"
"You dare to abolish Nanpiao? That would be equivalent to abolishing the lifeline of the Qing Dynasty's food imports! Without the warships and troops of the head of state, do you think that the rice was brought in for nothing?"
"Not only rice grain, but also resources from North and South America, silver ore, copper ore, tin ore, iron ore... and even gold mines. These real resources are also the backing of Nanpiao!"
"Your vision has limited you to this. Let's look at the history of your family. Which one is not more glorious than the Sihai Company and the Mi family?"
"How come you are now a wealthy businessman on the level of the richest man in East Asia, but you will always be a small rich man in Jiangnan? Why has there been such a big change in a few years?"
“In the final analysis, it’s vision, vision, vision!”
"Finally, let me tell you one more thing! What is the fourth root that Nanpiao's credibility will not fail?"
Liu Yunzhen's expression became ferocious, and all the wealthy people in Jiangnan were dumbfounded. Jiangnan was a place where culture was prosperous but military was weak, and the people spoke softly. How had they ever seen someone speak with such murderous intent?
"The fourth one is simply a gun! The Chinese have the strongest army in Asia, and the head of state has an invincible iron army! Even Tsarist Russia and France are no match. Do you think you can't hold up a small south? Tickets?"
"The head of state has relied on victory along the way! It is the continuous victory that has brought about the rebirth of the Chinese nation!" Liu Henzhen shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Stupid guys! Those banknotes you secretly threw out in the black market, those Nannan tickets you sold cheaply and exchanged for silver, more than half of them were eaten by us!"
"You stupid idiots, now let me tell you how much money we can make by doing reverse trades like this!"
"Brother Hu! Read out the latest telegram and let these idiots listen!"
Hu Xueyan! This red-top businessman who made his fortune relying on the Hunan Army Group, this close friend of Zuo Zongtang, held a telegram and letter in his hand and read it with a sneer.
"Everyone, this is the latest telegram from the head of state from Europe. It has just been decrypted. Let me read it!"
"European calendar, on December 17, 1870, the French Provisional Government of Defense, the Prussian Prime Minister of Bismarck, and the Chinese Head of State Xiao Letian reached a surrender draft at the Palace of Versailles..."
"Among them, France compensated Prussia for war compensation of 200 million gold francs, and compensated our Chinese people..."
Hu Xueyan chuckled and said, "Compensate the Chinese with 60 million gold francs... What's wrong? Why don't you guys say anything? Don't you have any intuitive feelings?"
"I'll exchange it for you! Sixty million gold francs is equivalent to more than five million pounds, which is equivalent to fifty million taels of silver in the Qing Dynasty... which is equivalent to seventy million dragon-patterned silver dollars!"
"During the peak of Qianlong's reign, the total annual treasury income was equivalent to only 50 million taels of silver!"
"Our head of state made his money back in one battle! Now who dares to say that the head of state is resorting to militarism?"
"Damn it, if you have the ability, you can make a fortune from the Qing treasury!"
